Ronnie at NE Rod Shop called me last year to see if I wanted another Hemi. Can you have too many? He said the guy wanted $1700.00 for it, and I told him to tackle him, and not let him out of the shop. It's a Dodge Super Red Ram, 4 - 97's on a Weiand manifold, Mallory ignition, Scheiffer aluminum flywheel, cool clear fuel lines, and very rare thumbscrew hose clamps. Complete fan to oil pan. When I pulled it apart, it was like brand new inside. What a score!
Baby Hemi sounds like an oxy*****, doesn't it? Congratulations. What's the actual displacement on something like that?
I believe it's 270", and I bought a '32 Fordor body on Ebay last year. It had been chopped about 3" in the '50's [does this sound familiar?] and never finished. It came out of the Pacific NW, and I'd love to find out more about it. Once the 5W is done, I'll think about this.
You even got half of an adapter . The other half pieces show up all the time. You have the hard to get part. It may show Cragar 0401 on a raised tab.
Dodge super red ram 270 ci. cool engine with nice goodys, I have a 241 red ram and man are they expensive, I got a3x2 a chet herbert cam electronic dizzy and all new internals.
No name on the clamps, but if you blow the picture up, you can see how neat they are. They compress the line, not pinch it, and the thumbscrews are drilled. Maybe for safety wire?
If you want to see a really tiny hemi V8, check out the 2.5 in a Daimler SP250 Dart if you ever get the chance. Respect the dual SUs!
Not that rare. I'd say they are old aircraft pieces, with that safetywire hole in them. You can still buy NOS ones still in the blisterpack on Ebay, but they don't have the safety hole. Search "Eelco", and look in the "store" section at the bottom. Or there are other suppliers online too.
Very cool peice! I would think the intake and carbs are worth what you paid. Thanks alchemy! you were holding out on me when I asked before. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2491...010QQitemZ200202386040QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V
You are right. More like these. I called eelco and these are old stock and not made now, they told me this company found a warehouse of old stock. Even eelco had bought some stuff from them for their archives. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...0186310976&category0=&fvi=1&item=190186310976
Not to get too far off track, but the current Eelco company is an unpolishable tarnish on the original Eelco name. Very embarrasing, and I bet Els Lohn is rolling over in his grave. I didn't mean to hold out on you Myke. Maybe I hadn't found the Ebay clamps when we talked? Where was that other supplier we (you) had found? Did they have "big-headed" clamps?
Well not to completely get off track but the other supplier did not have them down to 3/8", 5/8" was the smallest (but they do have the radiator hose size) and I bet you had not seen these ebay ones yet. I was just ribbing you about holding out on me, but you did just cost me 96.00 plus shipping. ha Back to the little hemi. It's gonna look pretty cool in that chopped 4 door 32. Excellent engine choice.
Could be a low deck 241-270 or a later ('56-57) tall deck 315/325. What's the number stamped on the machined pad under the thermostat? Good score.. the Hemi by itself isn't worth that, but when it's got all the goodies on it like that one, it's a great find!
Whoa, that's a dilemma! I might lean toward the nailhead, pics? If you can't decide you can always buy my 52 331 caddy that came out of an allard. I have a 4 x 2 set up for it.
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